About the Story Former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) tries to have a closer relationship with his 17-year-old daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). She lives with her mother, Lenore (Famke Janssen), and her wealthy stepfather, Stuart (Xander Berkeley), in California; he feels embarassed about her stepfather spoiling her, and wishes to spend…
Taken (2009)
What could be worse for a father than to sit helplessly on the end of a cellphone connection as his daughter is abducted? That’s the nightmare that becomes reality for Bryan, a former secret agent, who has a only few hours to grab Kim back from a fearsome gang that specializes in selling young women….
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Production Notes (2009)
About th Production The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 began life as a bestselling novel by John Godey. The book’s central puzzle kept readers guessing. Who would rob a subway train? You’d have to be crazy – the subway is a closed system. Even if you get the money, there’s nowhere to escape. The…
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber’s ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the train’s passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts…
Taking Woodstock Production Notes (2009)
About the Production Remember Woodstock? Well, if you do, as the saying goes, then – you probably weren’t there. While Woodstock itself is a great subject, it’s one not readily able to be captured in a film – and, furthermore, it’s been done definitively; Michael Wadleigh’s threehour 1970 documentary feature Woodstock won an Academy Award….
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village, Elliot (Demetri Martin) feels empowered by the gay rights movement. But he is also still staked to the family business – a dumpy Catskills motel called the El Monaco that is being run into the ground by his overbearing parents, Jake and Sonia Teichberg (Henry Goodman and…